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Award-winning journalist, Lori Robinson, will
offer culturally specific and compassionate advice for sexual assault
survivors during the Trinity College Women’s Center Lecture Series.
Robinson will offer first-hand knowledge of the ways survivors can
experience physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual healing after
sexual assault. |
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Tuesday, November 4, 7:00 p.m. |
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Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall, on the Trinity College campus. |
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Robinson will
discuss her recent book I Will Survive: The African-American
Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault. Robinson points out that
no economic class, race, or ethnic group is spared from sexual
violence, but adds that African-American women are raped at a
higher rate, and are less likely to report it than Caucasian
women. She offers hopeful advice that will resonate with those
that have been abused and for all of us who want to help in their
recovery. Robinson is a journalist and teaches media at
Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Quito, Ecuador.
This program
is sponsored by the Trinity College Sexual Assault Task Force, the
Office of Multicultural Affairs, the American Studies Department,
Multicultural Affairs Council, the Trinity College Black Women’s
Organization and the Women’s Center.
The public is invited to the free event. For more
information contact Laura Lockwood in the Women’s Center (860)
297-2408.
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